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reports regular violations of children civil rights. we heard testimony of the someone affected. seen here a week before his detention, this 15-year-old was arrested at a demonstration near the town of deraa last april. he told his mother he would not go. >> he was doing his hair and asked me, "does it look nice?" i told him, "you are so beautiful," and then he left. after that, for a month and a half, live without him felt like drinking poison. what can i remember? we speak of him a lot. and we cried a lot. >> we have spoken with another prisoner who saw him being beaten. >> man from my village knocked at the door and said, "there is a child's body in the hospital. come and see it. you may recognize it." when we received his body, it was totally disfigured. >> the x-rays show brutal treatment, teeth blasted out, bullet holes in his thighs, a broken arm and leg, his jaw bones smashed. >> it is impossible that there are such hardened people who could actually do this to their fellow man. even animals cannot do this to human beings. >> with their country spiraling deeper into viole
reports regular violations of children civil rights. we heard testimony of the someone affected. seen here a week before his detention, this 15-year-old was arrested at a demonstration near the town of deraa last april. he told his mother he would not go. >> he was doing his hair and asked me, "does it look nice?" i told him, "you are so beautiful," and then he left. after that, for a month and a half, live without him felt like drinking poison. what can i remember? we...
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rights of athiests. his president urging athiests to come out of the closet? >> the message is that if you can come out you can come out. and if you can't come out, at least you'll know you're ÷vsoon be able to come out of the closet to your family. >> of the 535 members in both chambers of the u.s. congress, currently there is one, that is one, declared athiest. his name is fortney hillman stalk, jr. aka pete stalk. he is a democrat from california, who has served consecutively since 1973, 40 years. he is now in his 20th term. his district the 13th is alameda county, california's bay area. congressman stalk wins the election every two years with a bowls mandate. if not a landslide. in the last election, 2010, he was . >> % of the vote. question, the secular coalition for america claims that 28 athiests are in the u.s. congress, though a coalition does not name names. were are those athiests all still in the closet except for one? >> i think that americans realize we don't really have the ability to hol
rights of athiests. his president urging athiests to come out of the closet? >> the message is that if you can come out you can come out. and if you can't come out, at least you'll know you're ÷vsoon be able to come out of the closet to your family. >> of the 535 members in both chambers of the u.s. congress, currently there is one, that is one, declared athiest. his name is fortney hillman stalk, jr. aka pete stalk. he is a democrat from california, who has served consecutively...
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canada has always been a beacon of human rights and civil liberties. in toronto, we have tried to promote ourselves as a city and place of acceptance. thousands of people have traveled abroad to toronto to obtain marriage licenses because they were unable to do so in their home countries. >> we are talking about thousands of couples. they will be asking, why did you allow us to get married in the first place? it said that if we are not able to get married in our own country, it would not be valid. fewer than 20 countries allow same-sex marriage. >> canadian gay and lesbian activists are now wanting to pay attention. they are asking the government a very simple question of whether this is a slow movement to erode same-sex marriage, even in canada. prime minister harper has been on the media. he has said that that was not the intention of his government. a very clear statement from him, rather than hiding behind any sort of loophole created in law, he could clearly make a statement saying that this is something that the government has every intention of
canada has always been a beacon of human rights and civil liberties. in toronto, we have tried to promote ourselves as a city and place of acceptance. thousands of people have traveled abroad to toronto to obtain marriage licenses because they were unable to do so in their home countries. >> we are talking about thousands of couples. they will be asking, why did you allow us to get married in the first place? it said that if we are not able to get married in our own country, it would not...
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but i have been parts of major steps forward on environmental protection, national security, civil rights, human rights, education reform. and every one of those things was bipartisan, particularly in the senate. you can't get anything done on a partisan basis in the senate because you need 60 votes to break a filibuster. it can and must get better but right new it's at the bottom. it's at the pits, really, and i don't blame people in the country of being angry. >> woodruff: you were asked by s" to namo theti three senators you felt closest to in the senate it was three n republicans that you named. >> yeah. >> woodruff: i was to ask you, there's a lot of conversation right now about what does the republican party need to do after the terrible losses it suffered in the polls this year? >> right. >> woodruff: do you have a thought about that? >> well, they need to come back to where the public is. frankly, they lost touch with that large plurality in the middle of independents. to me one of the most fascinating numbers are the exit polls was that among self-described mderates,de president
but i have been parts of major steps forward on environmental protection, national security, civil rights, human rights, education reform. and every one of those things was bipartisan, particularly in the senate. you can't get anything done on a partisan basis in the senate because you need 60 votes to break a filibuster. it can and must get better but right new it's at the bottom. it's at the pits, really, and i don't blame people in the country of being angry. >> woodruff: you were...
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and they've come from military leaders, businesses, as well as civil rights organizations. >> ifill: and this laib test whether any of those kind of things matter, i suppose. >> absolutely. >> ifill: marcia coyle. >> ifill: ray suarez has more on the larger stakes and potential fallout arising from today's arguments. >> suarez: and for that, we turn to two people who have been a big part of the national conversation surrounding this case. debo adegbile is the acting president and director-counsel of the n.a.a.c.p. legal defense and educational fund, which filed an amicus brief in this case. and richard kahlenberg is a senior fellow at the century foundation. he wrote a recent report arguing for race-neutral admission policies that he says foster diversity. you were at the court, debo. what's at stake under coming classes of rising freshmen and their families seeking admission to public universities in this case? >> well, the stakes are very high. it's clear that everybody recognized today that diversity in higher education is a compelling interest. it's something that benefit all the
and they've come from military leaders, businesses, as well as civil rights organizations. >> ifill: and this laib test whether any of those kind of things matter, i suppose. >> absolutely. >> ifill: marcia coyle. >> ifill: ray suarez has more on the larger stakes and potential fallout arising from today's arguments. >> suarez: and for that, we turn to two people who have been a big part of the national conversation surrounding this case. debo adegbile is the...
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during the democratic national convention, georgia congressman and civil rights icon john lewis compared some voter i.d. statutes to literacy tests and poll taxes that kept blacks from voting for years in the south. >> i've seen this before. i lived this before. too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make this possible for every american to exercise their right to vote. ( applause ) >> suarez: nationwide pennsylvania is now one of 33 states with voter identification laws. it's one of five states with strict photo i.d. laws. the statutes have spawnd at least 15 legal challenges over everything from voter i.d. to early voting to culling voter rolls. in florida, the state republican party has filed a fraud complaint against the company it hired to register voters. as of friday at least 10 counties have spotted possibly fraudulent forms turned in by the firm. back in pennsylvania another eye peel to the state supreme court remains possible. in the meantime, the new rules have already been modified, prompting new coalitions to form with the aim of helping voters navigate the confusi
during the democratic national convention, georgia congressman and civil rights icon john lewis compared some voter i.d. statutes to literacy tests and poll taxes that kept blacks from voting for years in the south. >> i've seen this before. i lived this before. too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make this possible for every american to exercise their right to vote. ( applause ) >> suarez: nationwide pennsylvania is now one of 33 states with voter identification laws....